School Board Won`t Help Arts Center

February 12, 1992

The Broward School Board said on Tuesday it could not afford to help bail the Broward Center for the Performing Arts out of any of its debt -- at least not while state officials are cutting education spending.

Board members reviewed a consultant`s report on the performing arts center showing that it has lost about $1 million since it opened.

The School Board has pushed for greater representation on the center`s governing board because board members secured a state grant from the Department of Education to help build the center. But with greater representation would come more responsibility, board members said.

But School Board Chairperson Diana Wasserman said: ``Right now we are unable to help out monetarily. We can wish them luck and that`s about all we can do right now.``